Final Version of Firefox Mobile Now Available for Maemo

At the beginning of this month, we reported that Mozilla made available its release candidate 2 version of Firefox Mobile, also known as Fennec, for the Maemo platform. Yesterday, Firefox Mobile reached a new milestone, as its final [stable] version 1.0 was officially released for Maemo-powered devices such as the Nokia N900. This is great news for all you who have been waiting quite a while for the final version.

Now, if you downloaded the RC2 version earlier this month, you will not see much of a difference with this final release. Though according to The Mozilla Blog, Firefox Mobile 1.0 offers a lot of great features similar to those offered by the desktop version of Firefox. Jump after the break to check out all those exciting features.

• Awesome Bar – Go to your favorite sites in just a couple of keystrokes with intelligent and personalized searching
• Weave Sync – Sync your Firefox tabs, history, bookmarks and passwords between your desktop and mobile device for a seamless browsing experience
• Add-ons – Customize your Firefox by adding small pieces of functionality, like games and news readers, that help make the mobile Web browser your own
• Location-Aware Browsing – Get maps and information relevant to your location
• Tabbed browsing – View open tabs as thumbnails to easily identify and select the Web page you’d like to go to next
• Safe Browsing – Get an Instant Web Site ID and easily access and edit security settings
• Available in more than 30 languages and counting

To download Firefox on your Nokia N900, visit Firefox.com/Mobile. More mobile operating systems are expected to be supported in the near future. As of currently, it’s said that Firefox Mobile should make its way to Android within a month or two.

If you try Firefox Mobile on your Nokia N900, be sure to let us know what you think.